Chapter 7
Stating that those parts of the body that are not dedicated to Him are worthless - (நீள் நாகம்)
எம்பெருமான் திறத்தில் உதவாத அவயவங்கள் பயனற்றன எனல்
The āzhvār says that the senses, such as eyes that do not see Krishna, are useless. The Lord, who has given us ears, mouth, and other organs, is to be experienced and worshipped. The āzhvār emphasizes that the organs of those who do not experience the divine acts of the Lord are essentially non-functional, asserting that their true purpose is fulfilled only in the devotion and service to the Lord.
கண்ணனைக் காணாக் கண் முதலியன பயனில்லை எனல். செவி வாய் முதலிய உறுப்புகளையெல்லாம் கொடுத்தவன் எம்பெருமான். பகவானின் செயல்களை அநுபவிக்காதவர்களின் உறுப்புகள், உறுப்புகளே அல்ல என்கிறார் ஆழ்வார்.
Verses: 2012 to 2021
Grammar: **Taravu Kocchakakkalippā / தரவு கொச்சகக்கலிப்பா
Recital benefits: Will not get affected by the results of bad karma
- Verse 1:
2012. The dear lord whose chest is adorned with jewels shines like a golden hill and rides on the bird Garudā. He used Mandara mountain as a churning stick and the snake Vāsuki as a rope, churned the milky ocean, took the nectar from it and gave it to the gods. If devotees have not seen him, their eyes are not truly eyes. - Verse 2:
2013. The highest lord who is sweet to his devotees shines as a precious jewel that never loses its luster. He, the highest and incomparable one, went as a dwarf to Mahābali, begged for three feet of land and measured the world and the sky with his feet. If the ears of devotees have not heard of him they are not truly ears. - Verse 3:
2014. The faultless god of Thennāli (Thiruvāli) who is the divine Vedās drank the milk of Putanā and killed her. If devotees have not worshiped and praised Māl’s greatness, whatever they say is not truly speech. - Verse 4:
2015. The god of the gods with a chest adorned with a fragrant fresh thulasi garland took the form of a man-lion and split open the chest of Hiranyan with his sharp claws. If devotees do not sing his praise, the songs that they sing are not real songs. - Verse 5:
2016. The lord who stays in the Thirumeyyam hills. and carries a conch in his hand has the color of the dark ocean, of a shining sapphire-like hill, of a dark cloud, of a kuvalai flower blooming on a branch and of a kāyām flower. If the hands of devotees have not worshiped him, they are not truly hands. - Verse 6:
2017. When devotees see thulasi dripping with honey, fresh alari flowers, kuvilai flowers, thorny mulari blossoms and ambal flowers, if they do not think in their hearts of the golden feet of him who took the forms of a swan to bring the Vedās to the earth and who became a boar that split open the earth to bring the earth goddess from the underworld, then their hearts are not truly hearts. - Verse 7:
2018. If devotees do not bring flowers and worship with love and devotion the lord who has the color of the sounding ocean, of karuvilai flowers and of kāyām flowers and if they do not think of him, their hearts are not truly hearts. - Verse 8:
2019. When he was a little child he stole and happily ate the fragrant butter that was kept in the uri by the cowherdesses with dark fragrant hair. If devotees do not think of the tall god whose eyes are beautiful and know him, they will never know him. - Verse 9:
2020. The god of Thirumālirunjolai where bees drink honey and sing fought with seven bulls to marry Nappinnai whose eyes are as large and beautiful as flowers. If devotees do not become his slaves they are not real people. I am sure of that in my mind. - Verse 10:
2021. Kaliyan who carries a spear in his hands composed ten musical pāsurams worshiping the feet of the lord who carries a discus. If devotees sing these pāsurams and dance all the results of their bad karmā will go away.